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Paula Bramel: Research Mentor Who Transformed Crop Diversity Institutions
In this edition of our Seed Heroes series, we pay tribute to U.S. scientist Paula Bramel, whose research, mentorship and leadership have been instrumental in building organizations and nurturing the next generation of agriculture...
4 Sep 2025
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A Conversation with Danielle Nierenberg, Food Tank
Cierra Martin, Crop Trust
8 March 2018 – On International Women’s Day, the Crop Trust connects with Danielle Nierenberg, Co-founder and President of Food Tank, a nonprofit organization focused on building a global community for...
8 Mar 2018
8 Mar 2018
Vitamin A-Biofortified Maize: Exploiting Native Genetic Variation for Nutrient Enrichment
Science Brief: Biofortification | No.2
Vitamin A is important in immune function. Approximately one third of children under the age of five are at risk for Vitamin A deficiency (WHO 2009). This is the leading cause of preventable...
19 Feb 2018
19 Feb 2018
Feasibility Study for a Safety Back-up Cryopreservation Facility
This study was commissioned by Bioversity International, the International Potato Center (CIP) and the Crop Trust with financial support from Australia, Germany and Switzerland to investigate the feasibility of establishing a...
19 Feb 2018
19 Feb 2018
Documenting the Value of Genebanks
By Melinda Smale and Nelissa Jamora
The CGIAR Genebank Platform, with support from the Crop Trust, is establishing a ‘Genebank Impacts Fellowship Program’.
The program, led by Melinda Smale and Nelissa Jamora, will provide...
14 Feb 2018
14 Feb 2018
“There Is No Such Thing as a Free Lunch”
Marie Haga | Marie's Corner
It’s still so early in the year, but already I’m quite sure we have just witnessed one of it highlights: a lunch with the Crop Trust’s Global Patron, His Royal Highness, the Prince of Wales at his...
4 Feb 2018
4 Feb 2018
2018: The Beginning of a Global Awakening?
Marie Haga | Marie's Corner
We live in an interdependent world where we all rely on one another to grow and thrive. No one is self-sufficient. But one must also learn how to stand on one’s own two feet. For the Crop Trust that...
23 Jan 2018
23 Jan 2018
It Was neither the Best nor the Worst of Times
Luigi Guarino | Director of Science and Programs
It was neither the best nor the worst of times. Dickens would not have got very far with that opening, but it’s an accurate summary of the tale of two cities that I have lived in...
9 Jan 2018
9 Jan 2018
2017 Olam Prize for Innovation in Food Security goes to Filippo Bassi & team
Luigi Guarino | Director of Science and Programs
There are two ways you can deal with a problem. You can try to out run it. Or you can run towards it. Both have their advantages. Running away from a problem sounds bad, but...
14 Dec 2017
14 Dec 2017
The Breeding Advantage
Tapping into genetic diversity for food security in a 4 degrees warmer world
Lili Szilagyi, CCAFS and Cierra Martin, Crop Trust
While efforts are underway to mitigate emissions and adapt to a 2°C increase, it's important to...
28 Nov 2017
28 Nov 2017
Interview with Nikolay Dzubenko, Director of VIR
To celebrate the 130th anniversary of Vavilov, I interviewed Nikolay Dzubenko, Director of the N.I. Vavilov Institute of Plant Genetic Resources (VIR). Born in USSR in 1952, Dr. Dzubenko is also a professor and a botanist.
Dr....
23 Nov 2017
23 Nov 2017
Climate Change Effects are Cropping Up
Climate Change Effects are Cropping Up and it's only going to get worse: Transformational Changes in Sub-Saharan Africa
Amanda Fuller, Former Crop Trust Partnerships Fellow
Since 2015, drought-induced crop failures and livestock...
9 Nov 2017
9 Nov 2017